50 years after independence some counties in Kenya are
marginalized and far from mainstream development. Article 204 of
the Kenyan constitution provides for an equalization fund of 0.5%
of the national budget to cover service provision and
infrastructure development in marginalized areas. However, the
rift of development between counties in Kenya is still wide, and
this begs the question; who is to blame for the cases of
insecurity, food insecurity, poverty levels of up to 84%, poo...

0n 30th October 2013, a student leader of Laikipia University
Maralal campus was shot following a peaceful demonstration
against the deteriorating security situation in Samburu. In
November, two students lost their lives in Loikas the outskirts
of the Samburu County headquarters- Maralal after being shot, a
Samburu woman was shot in Barsaloi Samburu North. Two Turkana
boys also lost their lives after being shot in Baragoi Samburu
North. On 9th December a young boy in Nkabai, was at...

Upon our arrival at Barsaloi in Samburu North (North-west Kenya),
to coordinate and Facilitate a Gender based Violence response and
prevention workshop, We got information that one woman had
suffered injuries on her left arm that very night, after being
battered by her brother in law. This incident caused a slight
unrest in the small town that is out of network coverage and
lacks hydro-electric power supply. The lady was rushed to the
Catholic hospital nearby. During the workshop,...

In a county where rampant incidences of insecurity have been a
bane for far too long, not forgetting the harsh climatic
conditions that have made residents remain in constant grip of
famine, Samburu County in Northern Kenya has always been making
it to the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The killing of 42
Kenyan police officers in 2012 by heavily armed cattle raiders
was the highlight trend of the worrying trend of insecurity in
the region.
The Catholic Diocese of Maralal...